Washing-machine



(No Model.)

-J.' L. WILBER.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 369,759. Patented Sept, 13, 1887'.

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UN TED STATES JAMES L. VVILBER, OF FARMINGTON, MICHIGAN.

WASHING- -MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,759, dated September 13, 1887.

Application filed February 8, 1887. Serial No. 226.362. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, JAMES L. WILBER, of Farmington,in the county ofOakland and State ofMichigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in washingmachines.

The object of the invention is to construct a device that can readily be employed in 0011- nection with the ordinary wash-tub, where it is not necessary to construct a box or case for its reception, and wherein the device will effectually wash the clothes beneath it as it is oscillated by drawing the water and suds up through the clothes and forcing them back.

To this end the invention consistsin the peculiar construction, arrangement, and com bination of the various parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure is a perspective view of my improved device, and Fig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal section of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents a suitable shell, preferably made of sheet metal, with the vertical sides and ends a b, the lower edge of the sides being formed upon the segment of a circle forming the rocker-bottom, while the lower edges of the ends project slightly below the adjacent edges of the sides. The top of the body is formed rounding, as shown, the two edges of the top plates meet ing and forming a partition, B, at the longitudinal center of the case, and, if desired and found preferable, the top, ends, and partition may be formed of one piece. At the ends of the case are secured the partitions O, leaving an air-space between such partitions and the ends of the case, the top of such air-space being provided with a series of holes, 0.

D is a handle by means of which the device is operated.

It will be observed that the lower edges of the partition 0 do not project to the lower edges of the sides, but are slightly abovethat.

In practice the clothes to be washed are to be put in the tub as in the usual manner of washing with the ordinary rubbing or wash board. The device above described is then placed in the tub, and is oscillated or rocked by means of the handle, and the edges of the sides being submerged in the water renders the inside of the case airtight, andin this oscillation the wateris successively drawn up through the clothes in one compartment while it is being forced back through the clothes in the other; and it has been found by practical test that clothes can be thoroughly washed and cleansed with this device without the necessity of. rubbing.

In the operation of the device water would be apt to be spattered over at the ends, and to prevent this I form the air-space described, there being sufficient room between the lower edges of the partitions O and the lower edges of the ends to catch such spattered water, which is forced up into the air-chamber and again forced into the tub as the device is oscillated; and it is an evident fact that were it not for the perforations at the top or at some other place in the airchambers at the ends to allow the escape of air therefrom the spattering would be greater than without such chambers and ventilators.

What I claim as my invention is In awashing-machine, a shell, A, provided with vertical sides terminating in a rocker-bottom formed on the segment of a circle, in combination with the handle D, the central partition, B, and end partitions, O, forming airspaces between said partitions and the ends of the case, said end partitions extending par allel with the ends ofthe case, but ofless height, the tops of said air-spaces being provided with ventilating-holes c, all arranged and operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

JAMES L. WILBER.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. J. SoULLY. 

